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I Didn’t Know a Drought Could Do This

By Topf Wells I was preparing to fish my favorite stretch of my favorite Columbia County trout stream but demurred when I reached the creek.  What happened, I wondered.  Where I was used to stepping onto a nice… Read More

Trout Days Celebration 2023—Zander Park in Cross Plains

By Andy Morton The annual Cross Plains Lions Club “Trout Days” celebration along Black Earth Creek in Zander Park was a real team event. The Black Earth Creek Watershed Association (BECWA), Capitol Area Regional Planning Commission (CARPC), Groundswell… Read More

A Successful Spring Fair!! It’s on track to raise $15,000+

By John Freeborg A wonderful crowd of about 150 people enjoyed the 2nd annual SWTU Spring Fair Fundraiser on Sat 4/22. The event was held at the East Side Club on Lake Monona and featured a wonderful variety of… Read More

Bluster and Luster: Sawyers and Stacking on Sawmill

By Topf Wells/ April 29, 2023, Workday Report The workday on Sawmill began with blustery weather that gave way to lustrous work, food, fun, and, soon, a new place to fish. We worked on almost a new easement… Read More

Make a Difference and Some New Friends – Join Our Board

By Don Golembiewski Nominations are now being accepted for positions on the SWTU Board of Directors. Our volunteers make a huge difference for our members, our resource and our community. We are looking for a President and two… Read More

Nohr TU Chapter Annual Banquet – Friday, May 5 in Muscoda

Our good friends at the Nohr Chapter invite you to their banquet! Learn more at https://nohrtu.com/news/. (Seems like a good plan to go fishing and then finish the day at the banquet.)

Black Earth Creek to Dane County: Thank You

By Topf Wells SWTU joins the creek in thanking Dane County for two steps to preserve the creek and improve it for trout and those of us who pursue them.

News From Another Great Biologist

By Topf Wells CREEL CENSUS.  Tim Parks, the DNR fish biologist for Grant and Lafayette Counties and the lower Wisconsin River, and his staff will conduct a creel survey on the Big Green River April 1 to June… Read More

Make a Difference and Some New Friends – Step up for SWTU

By Don Golembiewski Nominations are now being accepted for positions on the SWTU Board of Directors. Our volunteers make a huge difference for our members, our resource and our community. We are looking for two new directors (thank… Read More

Another New Easement Coming Shortly

By Topf Wells Dan Oele, the DNR fish biologist for Dane, Rock, and Green Counties, scores again.  Thanks to his patient work and the generosity of the Pokorny family, the DNR will soon have another easement on Sawmill… Read More